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Presenting the second MOME interview to be presented on Fantagraphics.com in its entirety: Gabrielle Bell, from MOME Vol. 2: gary groth: Do you remember a time or a period when you made a decision… "This is what I want to do?" gabrielle bell: Yes. I was traveling at the time. I was in Texas and I was just wandering through a comic book store. There were some instructions on how to become a comic artist. It was very simple — very, very easy. But actually, it was before that I decided to be a cartoonist, maybe a couple of weeks…

106 people responded to our inaugural poll, giving us their feedback on the most recent edition of our Ultimate Catalog. Thanks to everyone who chimed in! Starting today there's a brand new poll which you can find at the bottom of the right column here on FLOG and on various other pages of our site (including the homepage): What was the primary reason you registered on Fantagraphics.com? Vote today! (And if you haven't registered yet, there's no time like the present!)

Wilfred Santiago just joined the Flickr and is posting previews of 21, his forthcoming Fantagraphics graphic novel about baseball great Roberto Clemente. Check it out!

It's a bit tardy, but his week's installment of Steven Weissman's "Chocolate Cheeks" is now up for your reading pleasure. (Remember, site registration is required. Say, this might be a good time to mention that we just made our sign-up page a little more user-friendly.)

Coincidentally, on the same day that we uploaded our desktop wallpaper based on Ellen Forney's LUST, Ellen herself sent us this doozy:   Available for download in a variety of sizes (ahem) and aspect ratios! 

Now available for download on our Desktop / Mobile Wallpapers page! It had to be done: By request: A couple more recent books: Those last two are disturbingly similar visually, no? Go get 'em.

Dirk points out a delightful interview with Tony Millionaire at PLAYBACK:stl. I loved reading it, and not just because Tony lavishes praise on our Krazy & Ignatz and Popeye books.

Two more panels from Tom Kaczynski's "Million Year Boom" (previously) as posted on his blog, where he also explains the definition of the term "Momed."

Our Grand Opening "Free Shipping" offer has ended, but we have a new special offer for our website customers: for the month of February 2008, all in-stock back issues of The Comics Journal through #250 are marked down a whopping 50% OFF! Click here to browse all TCJ back issues! Sale ends at 11:59 PM on Leap Day, February 29, 2008. 

Kevin Church has some suggestions for us to help Jason's books sell better in the Direct Market. (Also seen on ¡Journalista!)